Mildred Taylor Heck

Born in Aledo, Illinois on April 13, 1922
Departed on January 31, 2012. Resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Mildred Taylor Heck, 89, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be held at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home Thursday evening, February 2, 2012 from 5:00-7:00 pm. A celebration of life will be held at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories at 3:00 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012.

Mildred was born to Fred and Dorothy Taylor on April 13, 1922 in Aledo, Illinois. She attended grade schools and graduated from Aledo High School in 1940. She then attended the University of Iowa where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce in 1944. She married Kenneth Heck in Spokane, Washington in 1944 during the war. After the war they returned to Cedar Rapids where Kenneth started his dental practice. Milly was a homemaker and she and Kenneth had three children.

Milly was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, P.E.O. Sisterhood and College Club. She loved dogs, playing bridge, going to her lake home in Minnesota; but most of all spending time with her family and grandchildren.

Milly was a gentle spirit with a kind heart. She will forever be remembered for her pleasant personality.

Survivors include her two sons, Tom Heck of Henderson, Nevada and Jim and wife Jane Heck of Lisbon; one daughter Sharon and husband Mike Armstrong of Keller, Texas; and three grandchildren, Tom Armstrong, Mark and wife Danielle Armstrong, and Jenny and husband TJ Drinkwater, all of Keller, Texas.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, her husband in 1986, and her brother Bill Taylor.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent in Mildred’s name to the Cedar Valley Humane Society at 7411 Mount Vernon Road Southeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403

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